Frost v. Commissioner of Social Security

Opinion

5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

7 ) ) 8 Civil No. 2:19-cv-0073 MJP VICKI LYNN FROST, ) ) 9 Plaintiff, ) ORDER FOR EAJA FEES, COSTS vs. ) AND EXPENSES 10 ) COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY ) NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR 11 ) August 15, 2019 without oral argument Defendant. ) 12 ) 13 )

15 Based upon the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. §2412, and 28 U.S.C. §1920 and 16 Plaintiff’s EAJA petition and the assignment of EAJA fees to Plaintiff’s attorney by Plaintiff, as well as 17 the stipulation of the parties, it is hereby ORDERED that: EAJA attorney’s fees of $8,108.73, expenses 18 of $3.43 ( postage), and costs of $6.80 (copies), for a total of $8,118.96 shall: 19 1) Be awarded to Plaintiff pursuant to Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586 (2010) and delivered to 20 Plaintiff’s counsel, Rosemary B. Schurman; however, 21 2) If the U.S. Department of the Treasury verifies to the Office of General Counsel that Plaintiff 22 does not owe a debt, the government will honor Plaintiff’s assignment of EAJA Fees and pay EAJA 23 fees, costs and expenses directly to Rosemary B. Schurman via autodeposit or at 8123 NE 115 Way, 24 Kirkland, WA 98034. 25 1 Dated this 15th day of August 2019 2 A 3 4 M arsha J. Pechman 5

United States District Judge

7 Presented by: 8 s/Rosemary B. Schurman Rosemary Schurman, WSBA 11451 9 Attorney for Plaintiff 8123 NE 115 Way, Kirkland, WA 98034 10 425-821-8577

11 Approved for entry: s/Alexis L. Toma 12 Alexis L. Toma Special Assistant US Attorney, OGC-SSA 13 701 – 5th Ave, Suite 2900 M/S 221A Seattle, WA 98104 14 206-615-2950

20 I hereby certify that I have electronically filed the foregoing on August 15, 2019 with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the following: Kerry Jane 21 Keefe, Assistant U.S. Attorney, and Office of General Counsel, SSA.

22 s/Rosemary B. Schurman Rosemary B. Schurman, WSBA 11451 23 Attorney for Plaintiff

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